However, Marcia D. Greenberger, president of the Law Center, told
Pear says that's unlikely: “In Arkansas, for example, one
health plan charges 25-year-old women 81 percent more than men,
while a similar plan in the same state charges women only 10
percent more."

The good news is all states will be required to abandon
gender rating once the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented
in 2014. So far, the new health law has helped women
who needed access to basic services like mammograms and
colonoscopies without having to pay out of pocket.